BACK. THE PACKERS REVEAL WHEN AARON RODGERS IS PLANNING HIS DEBUT. BE SIMULTANEOUS TERROR SCARES AT TWO NORTH SHORE SYNAGOGUES. TOYA: HAZMAT TEAMS RESPONDED TO CONGREGATION SHALOM IN FOX POINT AND SHUL IN BAYSIDE. REPORTER ANONYMOUS -- A OMINOUS SITE. ONE OF OUR STAFF OPENED UP A PACKAGE AND NOTIC THAT SOMETHING SEEMED SUSPICIOU AS THEY ARE TRAINED TO DO, THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED THE EMERGENCY NUMBER. NICK: AND THAT BROUGHT THE FBI AND A HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM TO THIS QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. >> IF IT IS SOMETHING HAZARDOUS, THAT IS PRETTY SAD. NICK: AT THE SAME TIME, POLICE OF THE STREET AND BAYSIDE WERE RESPONDING TO A DIFFERENT SYNAGOGUE. THE SHUL WHICH RECEIVED A THREATENING VOICEMAIL OVERNIGHT. >> THEY ALSO RECEIVED A PACKAGE THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING AND IT LOOKED SUSPICIOUS TO THEM. WE HAD TWO SIMULTANEOUS INCIDENTS GOING ON. NICK WHY DO YOU FEEL IF YOU HAVE TO BE VIGILANT ALL OF THE TIME? MINORITY COMMUNITIES GLOBALLY ARE FEELING UNDER THREAT THESE DAYS. IN THE UNITED STATES IN PARTICULAR. AND WE ARE SEEING A RISE IN ANTI-SEMITISM. NICK: IN EACH CASE, IT TURNED OUT THAT THEY WERE PACKAGES THE SYNAGOGUES HAD ORDERED. >> THEY SHOULD ALWAYS BE FALSE ALARMS. IT IS A BLESSING OF HAVING A COMMUNITY THAT GATHERS TOGETHER IN MOMENTS OF CRISIS. TOYA: THE PACKAGES WERE FALSE ALARMS BUT THE CALL TO THE SYNAGOGUE IN BAYSIDE WAS REAL, CORRECT? NICK THE RABBI THERE SAYING THE CALL CAME IN AT ABOUT 2:45 THIS MORNING. THEY DID NOT HEAR IT UNTIL THEY CHECKED THEIR VOICEMAILS THIS MORNING. HE DID

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Updated: 5:29 PM CDT Aug 19, 2019

Hazmat crews responded to two North Shore synagogues Monday after reports of suspicious packages. Emergency responders were called to Congregation Shalom on North Santa Monica Boulevard in Fox Point and The Shul Center on North Lake Drive in Bayside. "One of our staff opened up a package and noticed something that seemed suspicious. As they're trained to do immediately called the emergency number," Congregation Shalom Rabbi Noah Chertkoff said. At the same time, police just up the street in Bayside were responding to the Shul Center, which received a threatening voicemail overnight from a California area code. The rabbi wouldn't go into details but said it was threatening.The call made what turned out to be an Amazon box cause for concern."They also mentioned that they received a package that they were not expecting, or it looked suspicious to them, so we then had two simultaneous incidents going on," North Shore Fire Department Capt. Dan Tyke said. Investigators said staff members found suspicious packages at both locations.In each case, the packages were deemed not to be threats, and they turned out to be packages the synagogues had ordered. No injuries were reported.At least two FBI agents also responded to the scene.Crews cleared the scenes at about 2:30 p.m.Get breaking news alerts with the WISN 12 app or our email newsletters.Follow us: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube

MILWAUKEE —

Hazmat crews responded to two North Shore synagogues Monday after reports of suspicious packages.

Emergency responders were called to Congregation Shalom on North Santa Monica Boulevard in Fox Point and The Shul Center on North Lake Drive in Bayside.

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"One of our staff opened up a package and noticed something that seemed suspicious. As they're trained to do immediately called the emergency number," Congregation Shalom Rabbi Noah Chertkoff said.

At the same time, police just up the street in Bayside were responding to the Shul Center, which received a threatening voicemail overnight from a California area code.

The rabbi wouldn't go into details but said it was threatening.

The call made what turned out to be an Amazon box cause for concern.

"They also mentioned that they received a package that they were not expecting, or it looked suspicious to them, so we then had two simultaneous incidents going on," North Shore Fire Department Capt. Dan Tyke said.

Investigators said staff members found suspicious packages at both locations.

In each case, the packages were deemed not to be threats, and they turned out to be packages the synagogues had ordered.